George Hook is possibly one of Ireland's most colourful and outspoken presenters.

Whether you love him or love to hate him, George is well-known in every corner of the country.

And as he turns 75, we've narrowed down some of the news anchor's most famous and infamous moments.

That time he wrote an 'erotic novel' and Newstalk let him talk about it

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Let's start with the cherry on top of the the presenter's dodgiest statements.

Last year, Hook wrote his first 'naughty book' and had a disturbingly innuendoed conversation with Brendan O'Connor about it.

The book is filled with lines like: "Last night when she bent over him to fluff his pillows, he had a glimpse of her little girls.”

Not to mention this gem: "Slowly and deliberately, she unbuttoned the first four buttons and he saw the wondrous orbs.”

The presenter insists the novel is fiction, but when describing the book's plot he said: "It’s all in a radio station owned by an eccentric billionaire. One of the presenters – fat, old, balding radio presenter - is coming near the end of his life and he looks back."

Sound familiar?

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That time he asked the women of the world, 'What more do you want?' in terms of gender equality

It's fair to say some women may feel oppressed by patriarchal societies in the world but in an interview with TV3's Collette Fitzpatrick, Hook ensured the ladies of the world that this isn't the case at all, at all.

He said: "The world is a good place for women, a very good place for women."

The female presenter questioned Hook with a valid argument given the struggles some women face: "Depends on where you live in the world surely?"

But oh no - George is absolutely confident that he's right about the world's gender balance and came back at Fitzpatrick with this clever retort: "No, the world is a good place for women" and begged the question: "What more do you want?"

George Hook branded Colette Fitzpatrick 'unprofessional' following the interview after she suggested he enjoyed appearing 'controversial'

That time he threatened to sue Johnny Sexton

Hook was wounded when Sexton told The Irish Times earlier this year that he felt the broadcaster didn't believe a lot of what he preaches on the airwaves and fluffs his concern for rugby players in the name of controversy.

Sexton added: "People have to promote themselves, they have to sell papers. People look after themselves at the end of the day."

Hook's lawyers wrote a strongly worded letter to Leinster Rugby outlining how their client values their 'good name' and 'honesty' and had worked tirelessly to promote player welfare in rugby.

George Hook clashed heads on the 'Rugby concussion' controversy

That time he apologised for threatening to sue Johnny Sexton

A few days later: Hook apologised to Sexton on The Late Late Show.

He told Ryan Tubridy that the rugby player's comments "strikes at the very integrity of what I do."

His temper got the better of him it seems, as he added: "Do I regret what I did? I absolutely regret what I did. When you are angry, when you are hurt and when you are offended, you should really count up to 10. I didn’t get past one."

He told Tubridy: “I’ll apologise to him, to you. I don’t have a problem with that.”

That time he asked Ivana Bacik if sexual consent wasn't simply 'implied' in a relationship

Ivana Bacik couldn't believe what Hook was suggesting during their interview

Hook sparked huge controversy during a discussion on a case where a young woman was raped by her partner while she slept.

The Newstalk presenter was interviewing lawyer and senator, Ivana Bacik on the matter and threw out some pretty outdated views:

“What about this." he posed, "Hypothetically… you go into a relationship with somebody, be it marriage or be it you’re living with someone.

"So now you’re sharing a bed with somebody, yes, and obviously sexual congress takes place on a regular basis because you’re living with someone.

"Is there not an implied consent therefore that you consent to sexual congress?”

That time he said there's an 'unbelievable' amount of sex in the media industry

Some of the 75-year-old's outrageous statements were made as recently as this week. So he may have turned 75 but he's not slowing down yet.

An outspoken Hook made some comments on the media industry - which some of us here at Dublin Live were not aware of.

He told Lucy Kennedy and Martin King on TV3's Seven O'clock show: "As we in media all know, the amount of sex that goes on in the industry is unbelievable."

. . . little did we know!

That time an old friend of Hook said the presenter was talking b******t about the Irish rugby team

When USA Rugby coach, Eddie O'Sullivan left his assistant coach role to the Irish Rugby team in the early 90s, sparks fired between him and George Hook.

Long story short, Hook rubbished the Irish team's scrum-half at Eddie's expense and O'Sullivan went on record saying he was talking 'b******t'.

Hook revealed to Rugby Club magazine that following the comment, Eddie spilled more salt on the wound: "He [O'Sullivan] then went to RTÉ and basically wanted me off the station, which reopened old wounds between us and we drifted apart and didn’t talk."